diff --git a/libguile/init.c b/libguile/init.c
index 9762198ba..6dec8e490 100644
--- a/libguile/init.c
+++ b/libguile/init.c
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ scm_boot_guile_1 (base, closure)
       scm_init_unif ();
       scm_init_simpos ();
       scm_init_load_path ();
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBREADLINE
+#ifdef HAVE_RL_GETC_FUNCTION
       scm_init_readline ();
 #endif
       scm_init_standard_ports ();